Dunelm has announced it will open a new store in Sussex.

The new site in Brighton Retail Park, Carden Avenue, will open in May in the former Next unit and will create 35 new jobs.

The store, in the former Next unit, will stock a variety of products including bedding, kitchenware and haberdashery, alongside Dorma and made-to-measure departments featuring curtains and blinds.

Many items will be from Dunelm’s Conscious Choice range, which is made from at least 50 per cent more sustainable materials and which now forms 26 per cent of Dunelm’s total range. 

The store will also house a textile takeback fixture, allowing customers to return unwanted textile products from any retailer to be purposefully recycled or redistributed, rather than end up in landfill.

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Daniel Bennett, regional manager at Brighton Dunelm, said: “We’re very excited to be opening our new Dunelm Brighton store.

“We will be recruiting colleagues to join our team over the coming weeks which will be advertised via the Dunelm Careers website. We will then be working hard over the next couple of months to get everything set up and ready to welcome the local community into our amazing new home.”

The Brighton store will also be looking for a local cause to partner up with as part of Dunelm’s ongoing commitment to support communities.